MP3s are shared to try to convince people they should like the same music I do (As in... "then she told a friend, and she told a friend...) Of course if you love music, you should (responsibly) spend lots of your disposable income on music, concerts, and merch. If you are an artist or from a label, and would like a song removed, please e-mail me at kofis.hat [at] gmail [dot] com and I'll promptly do so.

Saturday, January 28, 2006

Et tu, 22-20s? January's the Time to Break Up

22-20s have decided to call it a day. In a statement on their website, the band's singer/guitarist Martin Trimble writes that "22-20s have split up. The split was amicable and mutual."

He wrote: "Honesty is about playing songs you passionately believe in, playing in a band you passionately believe in and I am no longer able to say that about 22-20s. I am no longer comfortable being in a band named after a blues song."

Trimble is working on a new project.

The recent flurry of band break-ups echoes some recent stories of strife between celebrity couples. Apparently, January is a common time for breakups, at least those of the romantic sort. One or both people might be motivated to stick together through the holidays. Once they're over... they can say, "It's over." The stress and tension of the holidays can also lead to a decision to split. There's likely a special motivation to do so before Valentine's Day.

In the UK, January 12 was dubbed National Breakup Day, because it was supposedly the day couples were most likely to split. U.K. "researchers" announced that one couple in ten breaks up in January. Among their other findings:

- 28% had stayed in a dead relationship for a year or more.- 18-24 year-olds most often broke up with someone because they flirted with someone else.- 10% of 35-44 year-olds said life is too short to stay with someone you're unhappy with.(25-34 year-olds remain a mysterious lot. Maybe they don't break up enough to be researched sufficiently)

These statistics result from a poll done by an online personals company. Those places naturally stand to benefit from all these breakups.